This was intended to be an IS_ERR() check. The ea_create_context() function doesn't return NULL. Fixes: 1eab17fe485c ("smb: client: add support for WSL reparse points") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/smb/client/reparse.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/smb/client/reparse.c b/fs/smb/client/reparse.c index ce69d67feefa..d4d2555ebd38 100644 --- a/fs/smb/client/reparse.c +++ b/fs/smb/client/reparse.c @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static int wsl_set_xattrs(struct inode *inode, umode_t mode, } cc = ea_create_context(dlen, &cc_len); - if (!cc) + if (IS_ERR(cc)) return PTR_ERR(cc); ea = &cc->ea; -- 2.43.0